‘Mate, you sold my ticket?’
‘Alex, you kidding me?’
‘What?’
‘Who wants to level out £40 to watch a mauling?’
Now the above conversation happened this morning, and it’s a bit in jest… but really, it’s exactly what I’m thinking. It’s a late kick off, but I’m meeting a few pals nice and early so we can drink our way to a good day.
‘Pint of Gin please sir’
I’m jealous of the people who are watching at home. At least they have a sofa to hide behind.
Today, simply put, could be absolute carnage.
But, on the flip side, sometimes when a game is so against you, great things can happen.
I have many concerns about today, here they are.
Thomas Vermaelen:
The guy has hardly played a game this year. He’s rusty. Lacking in confidence. And he’s just had a bad game against Swansea. He’ll be targeted today by City because he’s a liability. It could be a disaster. Koscielny will be missed.
Pace:
We’re so one paced at the moment. All over the park, we struggle to break at speed, we don’t get in behind a defence and no one overlaps. This makes us easy to defend against and make the pressing game pretty simple for City.
Strike force:
Giroud is dead on his feet and he’s not even doing the basics right at the moment. No tearing about the park, no holding up the ball and no fancy lay offs. Without top class up front, we’ll struggle to make anything happen.
Midfield:
Oxlade Chamberlain and Arteta versus Fernandinho and Yaya Toure. I mean, honestly, how are you seeing this one working out? They’ll have to have an absolute shocker to not win that battle.
Tactics:
City know what we’ll do. Why? Because we do the same thing every game. We’re predictable. There’s nothing Arsene can offer that they won’t know about. When you’re playing world class players, that’s a bad start.
Form:
We’ve taken spanking from the top four this season. We’re playing a form City off the back of a defeat and a last minute draw. The players will be playing their 3rd game in a week. We all know Arteta can’t do that. We know Giroud can’t do that at the moment. It’s going to be painful. We’re playing City for the second time this season with no energy.
What could work for us?
Wigan beat them.
That’s all I’ve got. They have inconsistencies in their game. Maybe, just maybe, they’ll be as complacent as I’ve just been. Maybe Arsene will send the boys out with a rocket up their arse. Maybe, we’ll get out title challenge back on track.
I just don’t hold out much hope.
Arsene, surprise me.
Please, dear Arsene, surprise me.
Kwik : fucking excellent lol
Mid
I though we’d capitulate 1-5 this evening.
Anything is possible, surely Klopp would want Reus by his side in London.
Did we really sign this fellow? Or just another in the long line of rumours that rarely see the light of day in the end?
I think it’s about time someone posted some more financials on here, or at least up to date payrolls of all the EPL teams. I’m startinh to get bored with all this footie talk
Adam
Nah … This club drives us all mad anyway 🙂
Then again, did not Giroud lead the French League in goals in his final season? And how has that worked out for us in the crunch?
Nine years and you still won’t leave
Nine years and you still won’t leave
Nine years and you still won’t leave
Nine years and you still won’t leave
Nine years and you still won’t leave
Nine years and you still won’t leave
Nine years and you still won’t leave
Rodgers winning the title is going to be the nail in he coffin for AW, he’ll quietly slip away in the night.
Adam
key words
French League
What are you trying to say, R.S.P.C Arsenal? My hinglish is poor.
Arsenal= Barca without forwards or wingers
or trophies
Zac
It’s all bout the money honey
Empty trophy cabinet means jack
The problem is by not winning a trophy means we will attract the wrong type of player
More mercereny players driven by greed
Just like the own the owners
One poxy two bob fa cup will solve jack
really busy now, but i gotta drop a comment to Super poldolski. what. a . player.
Was immense for us today and its beginning to be a trend for him.
in this torrid run hes the only player to have shined and showed positive signs of life (vs swansea, vs BM)
Great professional too, he hasnt had many starts but he hasnt complained hes done well in what time his given.
so, yeah – keep it up buddy.
Perhaps Wenger wants Dr Mic to provide his assistance to our medical team and reduce the frequency of season defining injuries .
It’s really quite incredible that Wenger has maintained this narrow band of always getting third or fourth but never truly challenging. It’s quite an amazing achievement, really, in a sort of abnormal way. Any other manager over nine years with this squad would probably bumble their way into a title here and there or fall out of the top four. The problem for us fans is that it’s goddamned boring, and kind of inexcusable when you have a pile of money in the bank to try and push on. Thank God there’s LeGrove and the posters here to keep us entertained or we’d die of boredom
. . . but btw of course he does have hes issues of course, like he doesnt track back and sometimes lacks a bit of mobility.
”Arsenal= Barca without forwards or wingers”
And players who are actually good on the ball.
dr mic is sketchy dude, he’s the doctor to go to when you looking for oxy prescription.
So if losing 6 to 0 is not a beating. Is a 1 to 1 draw like a win? AW logic is so confusing. 😕
I posted on yesterday’s thread that I thought that Arsenal would not lose today, because Man City have won just one league game against us at Highbury/ Emirates in last 26 years.
The first half was absolutely dreadful and on that performance we would have struggled against most teams in EPL. However, I give the team some credit in
second half they raised their game. I thought that Sagna, Flamini and Rosicky
played well.
My real concern is that Giroud is playing so poorly at moment that he has become a liability. His ball control is poor and his mobility almost non existent.
Personally I would like to see Wenger take a gamble and bring on Gnabry. My
gut feeling is that he could make a difference, because we do need some pace
in the team.
Maybe Dr mic is his dj name? And he rocks the mic?
Just read the comments from Wenger. Forget everything…He’s a Specialist in Denial. Last week apparently never happened, he’s clinging to a being a man down, forget that they were down 3-0 at that point. The man has an excuse for everything! I wish life were so simple for me…I’d be a 7.5 million pound man! Oh…wait a second, I might actually be onto something…Its called plausible denial towards wealth. Dang!!!!
I wouldn’t mind seeing Dr mic’s wife dressed as a sexy nurse. Now that would be tasty!
Dr Mic’s wife was caught posing for a camera today while looking for an apartment in North London.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bj5tt3KCAAA73ao.jpg
http://guycodeblog.mtv.com/2011/10/27/sexy-nurses-photos/
Kwik for you.
Mid
Those crazy bitches are frightening.
Drmic Wikipedia page is saying that he has signed a four year contract with Arsenal
Mid
Suddenly I’ve come over all faint. I may have to go to hospital for a check up. Don’t worry i’ll bring my hot runny syrup. 😉
Sal-
You know what they say sal. Biaaaatches be crazy! Lol.
Wenger has turned a once very good Arteta into Denilson mkII. Or should I say mkXXXII?
If he is a starter for us next season we might as well reignite the fourth place trophy campaign from the off.
Dr mic signing if true probably means no big name CF. So actually not sure how to take that news now that I think about it.
i’d rather sign Dr Pepper
Don’t know how you pronounce his name but if he turned out to be a club legend his chant has to be to the tune of Dr who…
Dr Miiiic… Hey! Dr mic, Dr miiiic
https://vine.co/v/Mez69TEvHnJ
Midwest… If it’s true then that’s for sure it CF wise. Strike force would be giroud, Dr Mic, and sanogo next season. Wenger loves giroud, sanogo is his new pet project only he will believe in. Our only hope would be Dr mic turns out to be something really special.
Doubtful. Especially in his first season and while so young. He’s had one season in top flight German football. He’ll be inconsistent even if something really special is there.
From the video he does look like he’s got a burst of pace though. That’s something.
Any German football experts on here who can shed any more light?
Bero –
Ya after I thought about it that was the same conclusion I came to.
Love the Dr Who chant tho.
Sal –
Hahaha Bale trip over his wallet?
If it is true I’m still hoping for a wc striker but he definitely seems like an improvement on Giroud. Can anyone see Giroud with a touch like this?
https://vine.co/v/MMIrOtWD3II
If the scousers beat the Clown Army tomorrow then I reckon they can go on and lift the title.
As for City, they seem to be as bigger bottlers than us, only we done it cheaper.
Any draw against City is a creditable result-but if we really had belief we would have won that game. There are more to our players than they have shown recently.
But we know, the players know that the Chelsea game was no blip.
Villa and Crystal Palace showed that Chelsea are a very beatable team-if you have the players and most of all the tactics.
They also show that you don’t need to match Chelsea’s spend on players to be able to beat them.
Drmic doesn’t impress me. Does he seem to have some ability? Sure but he’s far from ready to be a major contributor.
I watch a decent amount of Bundesliga and I’ve never heard of this guy.
Just reeks of “trying too hard” to find a gem for peanuts rather than just paying the big bucks for an established player.
Another Wenger special.
I find it amazing how much City struggle without Aguero. With him they are unbeatable, without him they are mediocre. They still took care of Man U tho, something we couldn’t do
That latte swansea goal must be haunting wenger right now, those 2 dropped points could prove to be the difference between automatic and qualifying for the cl.
Real madrid 5- 0 rayo
10 mins left.
Mourinho talking to that kid like that is bang out of order… It’s just a kid!
I agree Tits. Wenger needs to drop the big money on a top class striker. Part of the problem with that however is that Arsenal under Wenger play such a unique style I think a lot of top strikers wonder if they will do well here…and then there’s also the fact that we don’t pay as well as other clubs. Both of these issues need to be addressed. Wenger needs to come up with a plan B style of play, because we just don’t have the players to play Barca-lite possession football. I’d love to see him change and see some of the sweeping and potent counter attacks we used to with Pires and Ljungberg but I doubt it will happen
drmic REALLY? surprised le-grovers aren’t more pissed of with this news.
If true this is ridiculous because we all know it would be the only striker signing.
Chelsea get Costa we get drmic just imagine..
Would rather buy Muriel or try for reus
what about Di Maria?
london gunnerMarch 29, 2014 22:53:11
Whose to say which striker slot he’ll takeover if we in fact sign him.
We pull in a marquee striker and this Dr. Mic character and Giroud fight it out for the second birth, fantastic.
If he is the marquee striker along with Giroud…. mutiny on the emirates.
Di Maria would be brilliant
I dont think we were as far away from the title this season as it’s made out to be by most people.
If we strengthened properly in Jan then the title would be ours for the taking.
Even though we’ve been outclassed by the top teams, had we managed to win our games against Stoke and Swansea we would be level on points with Chelsea at the top of the table with our nightmare run of fixtures pretty much out of the way.
If we had Ramsey and co fit I do think we would’ve beaten those teams. Southampton away was also costly.
That said a top four finish and an FA cup would still be positive for us. But we had a great chance for the title this season.
Angel dust
What’s not to be impressed with, looks a composed finisher, good technically,2 footed,height,pace and young so has room for improvement.
Just look at the quality of some of these finishes, none of our current strikers are capable of a few of these.
Yeah Defoe angel dust I recognise the early stages
Angel dust
Zac
I’d rather sign dr shipman for me wenger
Cant be a ‘4th place trophy’ this year, it would be highly dissappointing, even with the FA cup.
Given how long we were top, i would only accept and be pleased with a top 3 finish + FA cup.
Just goes to show we didnt really need to beat our title rivals.
If we continued to beat all of the smaller teams like earlier in the season we’d still be in pole position even now.
The Sunday people is reporting that songs is going to be France manager after wc
He will then go upstairs with pv4 coming in as head coach
After his success with city u21
Apparently m villa is leaving Rubin of Russia
Would be nice if the club signed him
PV as head coach would it work ?
Logic would tell you that Drmic won’t be the only striker signing because he’s clearly a project.
However that’s what we said last year with Sanogo. We were all certain that Sanogo wouldn’t be the only striker we signed because he’s just a kid. Guess what? That’s exactly what happened.
One thing I’ve learned with Wenger is tgat he always does the OPPOSITE of what he should do. Be it tactics or transfer window.
Logic says go out and buy a WC striker?
Wenger will go out and get a Drmic and a loan deal for Kalou on the last day of the window.
He’s his (and our) own worst enemy. The enemy within if you will.
How would people feel about Dr mic and current strike force in the middle (possibly with Theo as another central option) with draxler on the left and Di Maria on the right.
Given that Wenger thinks draxler could be converted to a striker too I’d probably be reasonably happy with that. Good options around the place and some real quality around the place.
Just freaking buying a proven striker a la benzema or Costa is obviously easier but also not going to happen.
Dr mic, draxler, Di Maria. Yep, that’d be a solid set of additions.
Can’t really get excited with thus Drmic guy. The problem is this he’s probably going to come at the expense of a better striker. We should be looking at Costa, Cavani, Falcao etc. Wenger really is a massive fuckup window after window failing to get a proper striker.
He’ll only cost €5m so we’d have no excuse not to sign him and one of those you mentioned.
Well, a great result that doesn’t really mean anything.
If only we squeaked out draws in all of those drubbings…we’d be playing for something right now
I hope it’s all rumours. We don’t need him
http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/real-madrid-5-rayo-vallecano-0-all-goals/
Suarez to real, benzema to us. Everyone is happy
If the Drmic story proves to be true then I suspect that Wenger will be investing serious money on a Left Winger. This could be either Draxler or Griezman. The latter has not only pace but scores goals.
The realty is that Arsenal are not going to spend £30 million+ on more than one player in next transfer window. Also there are at least two other positions in team/squad which will need strengthening i.e. defensive midfielder and right full back if Sagna leaves.
Don’t get your hopes up. This is arsene we’re dealing with
Gooners are falling for the same old transfer shit yet again. We all know we won’t buy what we need. This drmic is a piece of fucking shit, more unknown bulllshit and he’ll be our only summer signing (plus maybe a crappy free transfer- kalou or bosingwa).
Wenger will then say he’ll be a £50 million pound world class player in ten years and so on n so forth. Kill me now
Let’s not write him off yet. Switzerland are producing some very good players at moment and are ranked 7th [England 13th] in FIFA list. He scored 2 goals in last International against Croatia.
If he can score 16 goals in Bundesliga then he has to be a decent player. As I said if the rumour proves correct the likelihood is that Arsenal are planning to spend serious money elsewhere in summer. The Puma sponsorship deal will
require them to do so.
I will be shocked if a decent player arrives
Don’t get your hopes up people. After every shite campaign we get linked with everyman and his dog, only to be disappointed once summer ends. I still can’t believe they are willing to give the madman 2 more years. ….Bollocks bollocks bollocks
I could see pv4 having more guts than wenger when he does finally arrive here as a manager
Here comes another long summer of speculation, false dawns, a million links to a million players, smiles, winks, hints and no substance. Then we’ll arrive at 31st August and still scratching around Wenger will give us some statistic about the team’s performance and go on to say how he “tried” to sign people but couldn’t find top, top, top quality and that will be the justification for complete inaction or pointless cheap signings that won’t affect our standing.
We’ll never learn.
Lol I’m keenly awaiting KJ turning up today saying
‘Listen boys, my new wife is Swiss, and her family are telling me this Drmic is a real talent!!!’
it’s soul destroying. Too mediocre even to lose to City yesterday, who seemed to lose interest also. A slow and steady 4th place is in the offing again. I’m considering giving next year’s Premiership a miss until I can build up some excitement again.
Lol Drmic will definitely be another David Pleat special..
‘What a strike there by Drumick’
Jeff
Spot on.
Until proven otherwise, assume that the Little Boy is crying wolf again…….
Isn’t it so fucking annoying that if we got 6 points against United like every other fucking team in the League have, we’d be joint top!
Dannyboy just to correct you, it wasn’t Kj who said his wife was Swedish it was Revvin Kevin.
Dannyboy just to correct you, it wasn’t Kj who said his wife was Swedish it was Revving Kevin.
It’s Becoming too tiring supporting Arsenal. I can’t believe this
BTW lads its 10.00am not 9.00, pedders hasnt changed the time yet.
Still very depressed about the whole groundhog day business.
@Norfolk
Yep ain’t we all mate. Moyes might of had a stay of execution, but I bet you top dollar if this time next year United are struggling he will be out the front door. We Arsenal fans haven’t got that ray of light at the end of the tunnel as both the board and Wenger are as bad as each other. The only thing that will get rid of Wenger is ill health as there is no way he’ll walk as he believes he’s doing a marvellous job.
What do you guys think of Sanogo?
There’s nothing I’ve seen to justify pushing to the front of the queue above Akpom. He offers NO goal threat and just puts in an effort to help defenders get practice.
I’ll take a 21 year old (Drmic) who’s actually been tested in a decent league against this postman. Send Yaya Sango out on loan and let’s see how good he really is? Campbell should have his place, at least he’s tested.
@Dissenter
He’s probably a nice lad, but nothing I’ve seen makes me confident he’ll make it. Maybe if he had someone ahead of him he could learn from he might progress at a better rate. But apart from pulling that orgasm face their really is little Sanogo can learn from giroud.
just watched the grand prix….who finished 4th . why are’nt they bigging 4th place upo
Bet arsene knows who finished 4th in the grand prix
Lol thanks N5, I assumed they were one and the same.
I actually got a bit of a boner today at the thought of Vieira coming in to replace Wenger…
Him and Bould would be a pair!
Ask Arsene;
who finished 4th in the 1970 world cup
who finished 4th in the olympic 100m
who finished 4th in my schools maths test..
“dad dad,” I finished 4th….Great son….you can’t get any better
Pub quiz night;
All answers, who finished 4th such an such
Does anyone remember a few years ago when we came 3rd in a 2 horse race?
We’d been top 2 all season then got like 5 points from our last 8 games and limped to 3rd.
New chant- for the Everton game…….
one two
one two three
one two three four
fourth place
Danny I Farking remember that bro. We’ve gone through rougher times because of that one man that everyone else drools on
i dont understand why every one is angry at wenger….he is trying his best
He just doesn’t get it does he. Coming out now and saying we are in semis of cup and led league for so long…..blah blah blah blah. The reason people are pissed off you fuck wit was because in January everyman and his dog could see this coming. Sports pundits and fans alike said our squad was to small and we needed strengthening, that come March with a fixture pile up we will leave ourselves short. Yet what did fuck wit do…..that’s right nothing. Now he wants a pat on the back because we led league for 4 months….well Arsène my old senile twat. …..’we’ve led the league for 4 months trophy’ doesn’t exist except in your head.
^hahahahahs your killing me. But fark I’ve had enuff of him
Quadruple this season; 4th place trophy, bank balance trophy, only lost once trophy, top of the table for a while trophy
Hope the Spuds actually do us a favour and beat Liverpool.
R.S.P.C.Arsenal
R.S.P.C.Arsenal
R.S.P.C.Arsenal
R.S.P.C.Arsenal
R.S.P.C.Arsenal
R.S.P.C.Arsenal
R.S.P.C.Arsenal
R.S.P.C.Arsenal
R.S.P.C.Arsenal
…
REALLY wants to be heard even though he’s a fucking boring lollipop
Nah Liverpool for the title for me..
Much rather them win it than those other two cunts… Then again I don’t have put up with the whinging cocky little scouse wanker fans going on about how great they are like most of you have to!
Still think its Citys title to lose.
Well it’s Liverpools to lose really. 7 games left. win them all and it’s theirs.
Dannyboy, I’ve been meaning to lollipop you with the following statement for a while. You and the likes of you are the reason people from England in Australia are known as the whinging poms. Nothing personal.
I see the French national team want WENGER ?
I guess we’d better get him signed up quick then !
Or it could all be smoke and mirrors again like last time and the one before that and that and that !!!
The major problems at club at moment, which need to be resolved before next season are:
1. Arsenal when compared to almost every other club in EPL appear to have a
disproportionate number of injuries. Going into yesterday’s game we were
without Ozil,Koscielny,Monreal,Ramsey, Walcott,Wilshire, Diaby and.
Miyaichi.That is almost one third of squad. If you factor in long term injuries
this season to Oxlade-Chamberlain and Gibbs as well that has to raise
questions about training methods,style of play, lack of rotation,
physicality of players and medical support system. It cannot be down to
just bad luck.
2.Wenger’s transfer policy over many years. This applies to failure to cover
weaknesses in squad and also the timing of transfer completion. Everybody
knew at start of season that we lacked both a top class striker and a key
defensive midfielder. Arsenal offloaded two years ago both Van Persie and
Song. Yet Wenger has not replaced either player with equivalent or better
players. Giroud and Flamini are in reality squad players.
3. Apart from the cost of building stadium the major argument for Arsenal’s
failure to compete with the likes of Chelsea,Man City and PSG is the wealth
of their owners. That is only part of the story, because clubs like Real Madrid
Barcelona,Bayern and Man Utd who do not have backing of rich Oligarchs
or Arab Sheikhs have also outgunned us primarily because they have been
far better at achieving commercial sponsorship.
4. The real issue for me is the question whether Arsenal’s shares were sold
to the wrong person. Kroenke may be a wealthy guy, but there is little
evidence that he is willing or able to provide the level of investment, which
is offered by other owners.
5. Finally there is the matter of Wenger. He has been an excellent manager,
but when you see that he has been in charge for 1,000 games, but has not
won a trophy for more than 500 games you need to ask the question has he
got what it takes to reverse the trend. Personally I don’t think he has what
it takes. Noone wants to sack him, but there has to come a moment when
a Manager needs to know when to leave.
@Hitman49
Ha ha ha ha.
Lol Ozrus that means nothing coming from a fairweather fan like yourself…
@TYAG
Am I wrong mate ?
I thought all Australians were poms apart from Aborigines as it was the Brits who colonised the place ? Nothing personal !
@Hitman49
Not at all mate. These stories are usually leaked when he’s struggling.
“Wenger’s trying his best” LOL
That is precisely the problem. He is trying his best. His best is not good enough. Nine years of failure? No – we regularly win the Fourth Place trophy. How can that be a failure, anyone?
Dannyboy, thus spake not a fan but a countryman. Fans of a classy specimen like John terry in oz will tell you the same, you whine a lot.
Try that one again, in English this time..
Yeah or the board are trying it up his ante !
So we re all relived when he signs his new contract !
So bloody predictable resort rinse repeat rinse,
And all the transfer leaks …oh yeah we’ll all believe those as well !!
They really do think we’re all muppets !
bergkamp63March 30, 2014 11:06:12
I thought all Australians were poms apart from Aborigines as it was the Brits who colonised the place ? Nothing personal !”
Last time I went to Oz the immigration bloke asked me if “I had a criminal record”.
I says…….. “I didn’t know you still needed one”
Boom boom
Least got a signing done early doors.